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Zimoun: Mystery Man Behind the Motors
By Ray Hu - May 13, 2011
We posted about Swiss artist Zimoun back in fall of 2009, yet I still have no idea who he is: all I can glean from his minimal portfolio is that he's a (self-declared) autodidact in his mid-30s.
However, one thing I do know about Zimoun is that he makes amazing sound installations using 100-200 DC-motorized cardboard boxes. The tiny motors are not nearly powerful enough to move the boxes; instead, they're designed attached to cotton balls or strings, which generate an uncanny white noise. The overall effect is strangely pacifying; watch the videos below to see what I mean:
Interesting how the "138 Prepared DC Motors..." evokes quantum vibrations or microscopic cell activity while the other piece (a collaboration with Hannes Zweifel) definitely alludes to spermatozoa.
"138 Prepared DC Motors..." is on view at Lydgalleriet in Bergen, Norway, through June 5.
Ray Hu
Formerly an editor and currently a contributor to Core77 (among other publications), Ray relocated from New York City to the Netherlands in September 2015 to pursue a Master’s in Curating & Writing at the Design Academy Eindhoven. Insatiably curious, he brings a broad interest in popular culture, media, and technology — alongside an abiding passion for art, music, and cycling — to his practice as a journalist and critic.
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